Improvement in discharging grain from vessels



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

C. H. MERRY, OF DUNLEITH, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DISCHARGING GRAIN FROM VESSELS.

Specification forming part `of Letters Patent No. 59,047, dated October 23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. H. MERRY, otl Dunleith, J o Daviess county, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Discharging Grain from Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a vessel, showing my improved apparatus attached, taken through the line a x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of a vessel, showing my improved apparatus attached, taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to facilitate the unloading of grain and other substances from vessels; and it consists, first, in the combination, with a vessel, of a removable well, constructed as hereinafter more fully described; second, in the combination, with the removable well, of gates or slides, by means of which the grain or other substance may be admitted into the well from any desired deck of the vessel and in any desired quant-ity.

A, B, O, and D are the sides ot' the well. Thisk well may be placed in the ordinary hatchways of the vessel, or it may be placed in hatchways formed expressly for its reception, and it reaches from the upper deck to the bottom of the hold, as shown in the drawings.

The drawings represent the well as being placed in a two-decked vessel 5 but the number of decks is immaterial.

In one or more of the sides of the well are formed openings E, as shown in Fig. 1. rIhese openings E are made just above the door of the hold, and just above each of the decks.

The openings are closed by slides or gates F and G, which are operated by rodsH and I. These rods are pivoted to the sides of the gates, and extend up along the inside of the well, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, 'and out through a horizontal plate placed between the side walls of the Well and the inner ledge, upon which the hatch J rests. These plates and the ends of the rods H and I are covered with small hatches K, as shown in Fig. 1. Notches are formed in the edges of the rods H and I, which catch upon the hori- Zontal plates through which the ends of the said rods pass, by which means the gates F and Gr may be held open when desired.

In using the apparatus the elevator is lowered into the well A B C D, and the gate above the deck from which it is desired to remove the grain raised. This allows the grain from that floor to flow into the well, from which it is removed bythe elevator, in the ordinary manner. When the desired amount has been removed from this deck, the gate or gates may be closed and some one or more ot' the others opened, as desired. v-

When not required,4 the well A B C D may be removed and the hatchways or openings closed by hatches, in the ordinary manner.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with a vessel, ofa re. 

